| Show A NEW ANECDOTE OF WASH f INGTON ils lis is welt velt well vell know that col seth nier rier ofa revolutionary memory wild who with with his noted regiment of green gree n mountain boys as aa rear guard guird to st clairs retreating army after the evacuation of ticonderoga beat back a whole brigade of tile the hotly pursuing british in if the battle of Hubbard toh and thu thus saved probably that luckless general Geifer aW entire forces hurrying on just in fron fronta from route or r capture who canie canle down n like a thunderbolt on the flushed foe in mid battle at bennington and sad sat se cured the victory for the tho wavering wavering 0 and half beaten stark and who finally was everywhere known as one of the best bert looking most heroic and accomplished military off omm meers officers in the continental army that col warner was an especial favorite of gen washington this preliminary however is here introduced less on account of any particular most of it may have to the subject than for the pur purpose rosi of explanation and securing a readier appreciation and credence of the tile interesting j personal anecdote which is about lo 10 be related and which it is confidently believed has never nover before appeared in print one son of col warner still survives or was surviving a few years ago an ail i unpretending resident of lower canada from which though then seventy five years old but very active and in full posses possession sio ai of all his strong native facu bacu faculties I 1 he came to the capital of vermont with the object of petitioning the legislature for compensation foursome for some lands formerly granted to the heirs of col warner but unwittingly trenched upon by subsequent grants and it was there and then that the writer of this reminiscence was introduced to him and held several very interesting conversations in one of these conversations while speaking of the private affairs of ills his father ai col coi warner he frankly said that the colonel was very thoughtless about pecuniary matters that he ne not only expended in the cause of his country or aiding the needy families of his soldiers all his available property but contracted many debts which finally compelled him a short time before his death to la ca a mortgage oil on kis his homat homestead W amounting am punting at lascko 0 over v niner nine huri hurt hundred tired Llred dollars and causi causing tig t the famil family yd great deal of f depes lp 3 and uneasiness 5 but of this depressing im n 4 1 load they were at length suddenly relieved edthe in the occur anee ance e of a most unexpected incident and one which formed as well it might quite an era em in their family history but we will let mr warner whose christian name we believe was that of his father seth sethy relate the memorable incident in question in his own language which by the aid of minutes before us we know we can repeat substantially and we think very near literally as lie he ma made de use of it ifft it was 11 he said 11 I 1 in n the month of september 1789 tile tiie the fall that gen avas washington hington made his tour through the eastern states we had kept oui ourselves elves tolerably well posted about the progress of this tour and heard that he was to be in new now haven or hartford conn somewhere near the tile time at which tiie tile the event I 1 am gal going n to relate to you took tools place but as einer either elther of those places was quite a number of miles from woodbury where we lived we had no more idea of seeing him than the man in the moon my elder brother israel putnam warner then a man grown and myself a lad of twelve por or thirteen were both living with our mother at that thit time and at the particular time of tha day dayi dayl I 1 refer to israel was vas in the yard grooming fathers eatherl T old war horse which whlor he e had been compelled to go with with father through gix gli all ills his cam campaigns I 1 t to 0 take charge of for the fiery and proud old fellow would never let anybody but hi his s master waster the colonel Co lonely and his son israel mount or come near him though he had now got so much tamed canid down by old age that he would behave quite decent with rith me nie or anybody I 1 was in the tha house with my mother who happened to be unusually downcast that day and was broo brooding ding over our family embarrassments embarrassment embarrass ments and had just been saying no no ho seth yi I 1 cam eam can caa never pay nor with our pur means hardly begin to pay this dreadful mortgage and as I 1 hear it is about fo be foreclosed we wd must abw soon be driven from our pleasant home have lived so long and until your fathers death so happily my y kour lour husband the col coi colonel fou fought t as wei wel wel as th tho the bravest of them and did ld all thadlie thau that yie lie L e could and more than his part bart for the e good cruse cruise they are jire all willing to 0 allow kimy and I 1 know very well that he h wore himself out in the ser service vice and ana h was thus brought to a premature gr grave 6 and yet here is ills his family faintly almost on the verge of beggary tears teara here started hearted started in my mother eyes which so touched me that I 1 roso and wen tand looked olito irelle window when to ta my surprise I 1 saw entering the yard two well mounted str strange gentlemen whom from comet something ing about their their general appearance 1 I foo to be old military officer of prett pretty highe rancor ran kOr dr at least one of them who vas was large ta lami laul had a very veny com manding look having significantly beckoned mother to my side dil ill shel earnestly gazed out atthe new comers a moment in silence when suddenly she gave andl andi und with an ail excited air exclaimed 1 seth seth just take hots notice ice iee of af that noble nobie looking one why he looks ever so much like tile the picture I 1 onee once saw of but no that surely cant be 4 well at any rate mother lie he mus must t be a man of some consequence for see brother israel who acts as if lie he knew him is Xvi swinging nging his hat from his head at arms length and bowing lower than he would to a king israel is quite too stiff necked to do that for any common man but they are area beginning to talk I 1 will just open the door here a little mite and perhaps we ean can hear what they are saying I 1 did so and the first words I 1 distinguished guis lied were wera those of the person who had so attracted our attention and who addressing illy my brother and pointing tar 0 o the horse by the side of which winch he was standing asked Is ils not that the borse horse col warner used to ride in the war it is your excellency replied illy my brother israel again bowing 0 low and i very respectfully all ail ali ah yes I 1 thought so resumed the f former rine r turning to his companion or at f chee and pointing to the pid old war steed with that interest with which he lie was known ever to regard horses 1 I thought it could be no other just 6 glance lance lanee at his leading points shapely nead head ead cad arched neck deep chest haunches and limbs I 1 have seen col warner riding on parade when I 1 noted him as a rare animal and thought that the horse an and I 1 bluer rider taken together for warner was a model of a figure and several inches taller than I 1 am made a military appearance second to none in the tile continental army but brt butrey my busness business ia li with your sour our mother er my young S onn oun g frienda pd now isyou will wiil tavo take charge charp e of my fay horse hop e a few minu mint minutes ites gorth a her hen 1 i r wr wok r r t hea henning hearing hing fing this arnou announcement nc e ment mother and I 1 hast hastily ily lly re retreated to our seats beats and with the curiosity and excitement of what we had witnessed naturally raised in us silently awaited the entry of the expected visitor we had been thus seated but two or three minutes before he came in and bowing graciously to nl my mother said sald aa 1 I take this to be mrs warner the widow of my much esteemed friend the late col warner of the continental army it is sir she replied tremulous tremulously ou sly siy will you permit me to introduce myself to you madain madam he lit resumed with that winning sort of dignity I 1 hal haa had noticed in him from the first I 1 1 I am general washington and after I 1 arrived in this section of the country a few days ago I 1 made and I 1 hope you will pardon me the liberty I 1 took with your private affairs I 1 made some inquiries about you ali ayi and A the situation of your adur family when learning to tny iny deep regret that your late hu husband 3 ay and in consequence of his hia long continued absence from is home and business while in the service bf his country and his rilent shattered ered eted health resulting from irony pie uthe hardships haM hab ships of wan war left you laboring under pecuniary I 1 was prompted to come and alid sed see ee you I 1 1 I had little dreamed of such an hon or and such sueh a kindness general she responded nearly dearly overpowered overpoWer edby by her emotions and sand the imposing presence of jq her august augast visitor til ali there are gre is s a mortgage he rejoined without responding in any way to her last remarks pa a rather heavy mortgage on youn your homestead 11 1 I t am sorry 11 she replied je replied plied piled s sadly d 1 i very sorry ti that lao lal I 1 am compelled t to g say there ellere is geh gen washington a in touch uc K heavier one than I 1 can ever pay so I 1 had ascertained 1 the general Aeral proceeded and I 1 have li ve also aiso before coming here been at f he panis of ag ascertaining certa ining the 0 exact edet anilu amount rit wow how due and required to cancel this to your doubtless ruinous 1 incumbrance and I 1 propose now to leave leav with you fire itie tire tiie sum of money ney you iii lii will need for foi effecting this de desirable able abie object t A A 11 abes s the money come from govern ment sir siu she asked doubtfully and with a look that seemed tosa to say sax if it does then all is night right I 1 washington looked at lier her andine I 1 si si fated a little at first but soon while taking up the tho valise lie he had brought in with him slowly responded in one sefile sense it does I 1 may say na madam n if you have delica eleson cleson the su subi b eject I 1 am in the receipt of a liberal yearly salary from government from which it iti discretionary with pie ine to ta impart aid sometimes to deserving oh j acts andi andl certainly kno vhf ligne more 86 bythan than one orie which will relieve the fam ils ily of so bo merit perit meritorious orious an ail onni ofil cei eer as your late self seif sacrificing husband 1 without waiting walting for any rejoinder to these theae remarks ho lie opened his valise I 1 and took from it ift a bag arro of i sayer shyer money and deliberately proceeded e d to draw gut out and count from it until lie he had readied reached the sum of nine hundred and some odd dollars which afterwards proved to be precisely the sum de demanded mantled in priller dal interest and fees for tile the dl discharge of the mortgage on oil our place Hot aethen het He then ihen 1 after returning the money to the bag and setting it aside for the purpose he had designated and taking the hand of my illy mother who seemed inclined to remonstrate but bould not force the words for it fromherz from her quivering u evering lips tender tenderly 4 aar but with an aar that seemed to forbid an attempt at refusal said to her adept Ac ept it t dont hesitate to accept it take it and get the mortgage dischar ed at once and then all your immediate pressing anxieties will be relieved and soon you will find those brighter days tile the god of the widow has kept in store for you and now as illy my time is quite limited it only remains for me to say as I 1 do most sincerely and kindly heaven bless you dear madam heaven bless you farewell I 1 was present during duning the whole of this interview between general washington and my mother heard every word they both said and saw all the money counted down on tile the table and feel very confident that I 1 have neither taken from nor added to anything that there took place on leaving the house general washington immediately mounted his hia horse and rode away leaving us quite unable knabl for a alime time to realize this unexpected visit and the still inore more unexpected benefaction of the illustrious visitor As mr warner was ascertained to have been a n man iari of int integrity erity and ifan anbi unbroken okon memory there theme need nedd be but little littfe doubt respecting the truth ani aul hild authenticity of the tile above fa related inca nc darit while it iii lil involved id v d te simo nyi ny liall honorable to 0 lle ile lie 16 heroic 1 r leader ail ati or the green mountain A boye Boyi 1 1 fu ur r ii yi i 1 4 i 1 ii 1 I 1 1 bishes a new and beautiful illustration of the elevated and benevolent character or of af washington |
